Mad Monster Eye Melt?

[B-Lister]

wow, he really does.

Well, there's ONE that, though it may suffer from eye melt, still doesn't look bad without eyes.

[cjefferys]

Here's a pic of my childhood Mummy's head (the rest of him is long lost, but I just can't bring myself to throw this one remaining part away, it's part of my childhood). With the hollowed out eye sockets, I think he looks even creepier.

[kryptosmaster]

It would be interesting to know exactly what the substance is. Glue, the actual eye melting from contact with the rubber (Mego Melt?), something else?
Funny thing is mine were totally fine last time I looked at them a few years ago and when I pulled them out of the box again two years ago they had eye melt. These guys had been stored away since around 1979 before that. I took really good care of my monsters because they were my favorites.
Rich

[scoth70]

just to let you guys know..if you havent allready tried this..i have a t1 wolf who has eye melt on both eyes....i got a sharp craft knife..cut round the glue at the edge on eyball socket and the clues peeled of perfectly..you cant tell it ever had it...

[cjefferys]

I'll try to get a pic of it. I'll just have to wait until I can borrow a camera (my wife has our camera in Japan right now).

[generic]

The eyes are separate little round pieces of plastic that are inserted inside of hollowed out parts of the head. I know this because when I was a kid, I was curious and dug the eyeballs right out of my poor Mummy's head.

Man, it's wild that I've had these guys for over 10 years and never even noticed that the eyeballs could be separate pieces until last night! Thanks for the verification of the idea!

...Oddly enough, I still have that Mummy head (the body fell apart and was lost years ago) and with the empty eye sockets, I think he looks even more scary.

I would LOVE to see a pic of that head! When this discussion was going on last night, I had considered (for a second) gouging out an eyeball on one of my monsters just to see what it looked like...the thought didn't last long! But I did actually take one of the heads off to see if I could see anything by looking in the hole in the neck (the answer was "no" by the way). Since you've already mutilated yours, I really would like to see the fruits of your misguided labors!

[cjefferys]

Were you sorry afterwards?

Not until years later when I wondered what the hell I was thinking. Oddly enough, I still have that Mummy head (the body fell apart and was lost years ago) and with the empty eye sockets, I think he looks even more scary.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

The eyes are separate little round pieces of plastic that are inserted inside of hollowed out parts of the head. I know this because when I was a kid, I was curious and dug the eyeballs right out of my poor Mummy's head.

Were you sorry afterwards?

[B-Lister]

thanks for the close ups and the speculation about this phenomena.

definitely looks like the plastic IS melting (and it's not just excess adhesive). Doesn't look too bad on Drac, but I don't think I'd buy that Wolfman for anything CLOSE to regular price.

of course the two I covet most are Drac and the Mummy, so here's hoping that when I finally DO get around to adding them to my collection, that I can find acceptable examples.

[cjefferys]

The eyes are separate little round pieces of plastic that are inserted inside of hollowed out parts of the head. I know this because when I was a kid, I was curious and dug the eyeballs right out of my poor Mummy's head.

I'm guessing that the melt is caused by the plastic eyeballs reacting with the vinyl heads, but I don't know what triggers it. I have a Wolfman and Frankenstein that I've owned for over 20 years and they both show absolutely no signs of eye melt (so far, crossed fingers!)

[generic]

Ive never cut one apart but it sure looks like a separate eyeball to me?
It's just an applied part??

Rich, after reading your post, I went and checked out a couple of my monsters. You may be right. It does look like the eyeballs may be a seperate piece.

Mister Blisterfists, here are some photos for you of the dreaded Monster Eye Melt! Out of all of my monsters, this Wolfman has the worst eye melt. I haven't seen many that are this bad. From the many monsters I've seen and owned, I'd say this Dracula eye is closer to what I've usually found in the way of eye melt.


And one eye without the melt...

[kryptosmaster]

No, there's not a separate piece that goes inside the head. The heads are pretty much done just like a regular head PLUS a bit of goop on top of the eye. It kind of looks like a drop of glue from a glue gun. After a while, the goop sometimes looks like it's melting.

Ive never cut one apart but it sure looks like a separate eyeball to me?
It's just an applied part??
Rich

[generic]

so the eyes are a separate piece that is glued inside the head?

No, there's not a separate piece that goes inside the head. The heads are pretty much done just like a regular head PLUS a bit of goop on top of the eye. It kind of looks like a drop of glue from a glue gun. After a while, the goop sometimes looks like it's melting.

[B-Lister]

so the eyes are a separate piece that is glued inside the head?

[kryptosmaster]

ahh, so the heads are two part? the glow eyes aren't painted?

what does eye melt look like?

Don't have any pics handy but it kind of looks like some plastic is slowly oozing out from between the eyeball and the socket. Not sure what it is from (glue, eyeball?) but it can be CAREFULLY trimmed with something like an X-acto knife to improve the appearance.
Rich